F-22 Milestones - Part 1

October 1985: The Lockheed proposal design configuration is frozen. The associated design, called Model 090P, had a streamlined nose, trapezoidal wing planform with positive sweep on both the leading and trailing edges, and four tail surfaces (two horizontal and two vertical). The large vertical tails were canted outwards. The leading and trailing edge sweep angles of all of the surfaces were aligned at common angles. The design had a wide strake that ran in a straight line from the wing leading edge outboard of the inlets to the point of the nose. (Click on image above to get complete view.)

3 November 1986: Lockheed, Boeing, and General Dynamics representatives meet for the first time as partners at Lockheed Skunk Works facilities in Burbank, California. Each company briefs its design approach. The design by General Dynamics is shown at the top.

1989: Construction of major sections for two prototypes takes place at Boeing in Seattle, Washington; General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas; and Lockheed in Burbank, California. The forward fuselage was shipped to Palmdale from Burbank for final assembly.